Talk:Carter Family

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Can someone find a non-copyright picture of the Carters for this page? I love this one: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/RADIO/c_w/images/carter2.JPG, but I'm not sure it can be used. Bill 19:23 22 May 2003 (UTC)

I got tothis page by a redirect from janete carter, but there is nothing mentioning her name. who is she.

Thanks Tiles! Bill 20:28 22 May 2003 (UTC)

My pleasure Tiles 20:30 22 May 2003 (UTC)

I'm going to see if I can get my county public library to interlibrary loan a copy of "History of Scott County, Virginia" by Robert M. Addington for me. If I'm successful and if this volume has the information I hope it does, I'll create a page for Maces Springs, Virginia. Bill 17:58 23 May 2003 (UTC)

I've started an article based on Dawidoff's description of the settlement, maybe you can flesh it out when you get the book Tiles 23:29 24 May 2003 (UTC)

Outstanding. It will take at least a week to obtain the book. I'm not even certain there will be much (or any) detail about Maces Springs. Bill 18:05 26 May 2003 (UTC)

I deleted: "A.P. sang bass, Sara alto, and Maybelle soprano". After listening to a more modern CD of Maybelle singing alone, I really doubt she was a soprano. A Web source seems to indicate that both Sara and Maybelle were altos, but given the doubt, I think it's easier just to omit the assertion. Can anyone confirm the fact of the matter? Bill 17:38, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

According to Dawidoff, "Sara Carter was a natural alto who could sing high enough to handle soprano parts". Tiles 09:49, 8 May 2004 (UTC)

Traditional voice classifications don't really apply. Maybelle sang higher than Sara, but she was no soprano in the normal sense. Sara sang in what is conventionally tenor range (I am one of those).--Paul Riedesel 21:01, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Under "External links," the URL for The Carter Family Memorial Music Center, Inc. should be updated to http://www.carterfamilyfold.org. Because I am new here, I'm afraid to try it myself!

Done. Thanks. --TantalumTelluride 21:41, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

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Just a head's up: in this article when the Carter's are first identified individually the instruments played by Maybelle and Sara are noted, but not A.P. Can someone fix this?

[edit] June Carter and Jimmy Carter

Some work needs to be done to disambiguate the various articles and categories relating to singer June Carter and former president Jimmy Carter, who I don't believe are related. There should probably be two articles, with disambig links between the two. Also, the "Category:Carter family" needs to be split, because it has people in it relating to both families...

ENpeeOHvee 18:45, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] catalog?

What I'm looking for is a complete catalog. I don't mean a discography of current compilation albums; I mean a list of the original recordings, the year, record label and number. Can't find it on any of the Carter pages. --Bluejay Young 02:36, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

please remove rosanne kathy cindy and tara and vivian cash from the family tree they are not the carter family add rosie nix carter

Meade, Guthrie T. Country music sources: a biblio-discography of commercially recorded traditional music. Chapel Hill, NC: Southern Folklife Collection, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, 2002.

Russell, Tony. Country music records: A discography, 1921-1942. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Both of these have what you are asking for.~~Npomea —Preceding unsigned comment added by Npomea (talk • contribs) 18:38, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Carter Family category call for deletion

Since people might not have a watch on the category but might have a watch on this article, you might want to be aware that there is a CFD on the Carter Family category. See Carter family Category CFD --Larrybob 21:21, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I looked at the link with the arguments about why this page should be deleted and do not agree with them. In particular I do not agree that mentioning the Carter Family in the Johnny Cash family tree is sufficient. And I don't agree that because there are many families named Carter, this entry should be deleted. This Carter Family was an inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970. See http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/inductees.aspx?cid=106

Their recording days spanned from 1927-1941, a period during which they were one of the most popular acts in country music. Some of their songs have had quite some longevity and have been recorded by many subsequent artists, including Will the Circle Be Unbroken and Wildwood Flower, along with many others:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carterfamily/filmmore/pt.html

Encylopedia Britannica has an entry for Carter Family, mentioning Johnny Cash almost as an aside because of his marriage to Maybelle Carter's daughter June. Do any of you have access to Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians? I don't believe they would treat this important group as a mere footnote to the life of Johnny Cash, as much as I admire him.October 13, 2007. Npomea 00:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)NPomea